Drought Tolerant Plants Trees The following trees offer tolerance to compacted, infertile soils, and other environmental stresses such as heat and drought once established.
Acer saccarum Sugar Maple Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum Cercis canadensis Redbud Platanus Sycamore Crataegus Hawthorn Pyrus calleryana Pear Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash Quercus palustris Pin Oak Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo Tilia Linden Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis Thornless Zelkova Japanese Zelkova Honeylocust
Shrubs, Vines & Evergreens The following plants tolerate dry soil once established. Abies concolor Concolor Fir Forsythia Forsythia Aronia Chokeberry Ilex x meservae Blue Holly Aucuba japonica Japanese Aucuba Ilex opaca American Holly Berberis Barberry Juniperus Juniper Buddleia davidii Butterfly Bush Lagerstroemia Crape Myrtle Callicarpa Beautyberry Liriope Liriope Campsis radicans Trumpet Vine Lonicera Honeysuckle Carpinus Hornbeam Myrica Bayberry Cedrus deodara Deodara Cedar Parthenocissus Virginia Creeper Corylus Walking Stick Picea spp. Spruce species Cotinus coggygria Smokebush Pinus cembra Swiss Stone Pine Cotoneaster Cotoneaster Pyracantha Firethorn Cryptomeria japonica Japanese Cedar Rosa rugosa Rugosa Rose Cupressocyparis leylandii Leyland Cypress Spirea spp. Spirea species Cupressus arizonica Blue Ice Cypress Syringa Lilac Cytissus Scotch Broom Viburnum spp. Viburnum species Deutzia Deutzia Vitex Chaste Tree Euonymus alatus Burning Bush Wisteria Wisteria Vine Euonymus fortunei Wintercreeper Yucca Yucca
www.skh.com Perennials & Grasses The following perennials tolerate dry soil once established. Achillea Yarrow Hemerocallis Daylily Aegopodium Bishopsweed Hosta Plantain Lily Agastache Licorice Mint Iberis Candy Tuft Arabis Rock Cress Iris germanica German Iris Artemisia Wormwood Kniphofia Red Hot Poker Asclepias Butterfly Weed Lamiastrum Archangel Aster Aster Lamium Dead Nettle Baptisia False Indigo Lavendula Lavender Bergenia Heart-leaf Bergenia Liatris Gayfeather Calamagrostis Feather Reed Grass Limonium Sea Lavender Centaurea Corn Flower Lychnis Campion Ceratostigma Plumbago Miscanthus varieties Silver Grass Chrysanthemum Mum Nepeta Catmint Coreopsis Tickseed Oenothera Evening Primrose Delosperma Ice Plant Panicum varieties Switch Grass Dianthus Carnation Pennisetum Fountain Grass Echinacea Cone Flower Penstemon Bearded Tongue Echinops Globe Thistle Perovskia Russian Sage Epimedium Barrenwort Rudbeckia Black Eyed Susan Eryngium Sea Holly Salvia Sage Euphorbia Cushion Spurge Santolina Lavender Cotton Festuca Fescue Grass Sedum Stone Crop Gaillardia Blanket Flower Sempervirens Hens and Chicks Gaura Gaura Solidago Goldenrod Geranium Cranesbill Stachys Lamb’s Ear Helianthemum Sun Rose Stokesia Stokes Aster Heliopsis False Sunflower Verbena Verbena Annuals Flowers that tolerate dry conditions. Amaranthus tricolor Joseph’s Coat Lobularia maritime Sweet Alyssum Bidens Bidens Melampodium Melampodium Capsicum annuum Ornamental Pepper Pelargonium Geranium Catharanthus roseus Vinca Petunia Petunia Celosia Cockscomb Portulaca grandiflora Moss Rose Cleome Spider Flower Sanvitalia procumbens Creeping Zinnia Gazania rigens Gazania Senecio cineraria Dusty Miller Gomphrena globosa Globe Amaranth Tagetes Marigold Helichrysum Strawflower Thymophylla tenuiloba Dahlberg Daisy Limonium sinuatum Statice Verbena x hybrida Verbena www.skh.com